Guitar Card

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Hope this Monday is going well for you! I found some time to play in my craft room with the Cricut! This card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and is white cardstock. I am using some scrap papers from previous projects. When I saw the challenge at BBTB2 this week, I had to make a card that would work for the Elvis's Birthday challenge. I also know someone who was born on the same day! The song that I chose is Guitar Man! Still love his music!

Cricut Cartridges:

Nifty Fifties - Guitar is cut 2.21" wide x 3" high. This is my first time to cut this image. I do like the way it turned out. I added white dashes with a Gelly Roll pen to add a little more interest. A second guitar is cut 3.75" high - this is used inside the card.

Birthday Bash - Star is cut 1.56" wide x 1.50" high.  First time to use this image.

Cake Basics - Happy Birthday is cut 4" wide x 1.48" high. This sentiment is used inside the card. The cartridge is available in Cricut Access and is my time time to use an image from the cartridge.

Cuttlebug:

Happy Birthday folder is used on the white mat. 

Swiss Dots is used on the red strip.

Inside the card!

 

Challenges:

BBTB2 -  Elvis's Birthday

Cut It Up - Ch 112 Out with the old, In with the new. 

DL.ART   - Jan Linky

FCCB    -  Ch. 292 Something New

Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday linky

Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

 

Birthday/Kid

 

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Playing along with a few challenges, I chose to use the pretty sketch at the new sketch challenge blog Paper Play Sketches. My card is white cardstock and measures 5" x 6 1/2". Patterned papers and the red paper are from a 8" x  8" Me&My Big Ideas scrapbook kit that I have had for years. Cake and gift stickers are also from the kit -- trying to use some of my older scrapping supplies.

Cricut Cartridges:

Just A Note - Birthday Rabbit is cut 3" high.

The Few First Years - White circle/red circle mat is cut 4".

Birthday Bash - Happy Birthday flag is cut 2.25" high. The Cricut Explore cut the words at this size really well.

Cuttlebug:

Happy Birthday folder is used on the white mat. Swiss dots is used on the balloon.

Challenges:

CARDZ TV - Card #2 - Birthday Card

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 253 - Kid's Theme

Double Click  Connections - Happy Birthday

Paper Play Sketches - Sketch 001

Hope you enjoy this card!

Thanks for your visits and comments.

 

 

Card for a Red Hat Lady

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It has been quite some time since I have played with Red and Purple. I needed a birthday card for one of my Red Hat Lady friends. Card is 5" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. It is layered with red, patterned Red Hat Lady paper, and purple gingham check papers.

Cricut Cartridges:

Pack your Bags - Lady with drink is cut 4" high. That is a strawberry drink to match my colors!!

Birthday Bash - Many wishes for a Happy Day is cut 4.50" wide. This sentiment is used inside of the card.

Cuttlebug: Happy birthday

Recollections flowers and small gemstones were added at corners on the Happy birthday mat.

 Inside of card

Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 161 Child's Birthday

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It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. Ch. 161 is Child's Birthday. Design team sister Sue asked us to create a child's birthday card for child under 13 years old. My card measures 5" x 6 1/2" and is white card stock. I layered it with a pink paper from a DCWV Fresh Floral Stack. Other papers are from the scrap stack.

Cricut Cartridges:

Birthday Bash - Bird Banner is cut 5" wide. Birthday cake is cut 3" high and pop-dotted on the card.

Sweet Treats - make a wish is cut 2.6" wide.

Cuttlebug folder is Kassies Brocade.

A simple card, but I think it turned out ok!

Now it is your turn to play along with us! Visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty birthday cards made by the design team and our guest designer. For more information on the projects, please visit the individual blogs and leave a little love.

We look forward to seeing your birthday cards! Several Ooh la la awards will be selected and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer!

Thank you for your visits and comments!

Independence Day

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I have been playing with red, white, and blue for another patriotic card! In fact, this card is only those three colors and has no patterned paper. I noticed the star shape border card image on a Cricut cartridge and thought why not try this for a patriotic card!

Cricut Cartridges:

Birthday Bash- Star border card is cut 6.25" wide from white Colorbok card stock.

Independence Day - Flag banners. Each is cut 2" high. The tiny red and blue stars that are randomly placed on the card are the cut out stars from the flag banner.

Phrases - Independence Day is cut 4.25" wide.

Stand and Salute - Let Freedom Ring is cut 5.5" wide. This is used inside the card.

I added DMC Memory Thread bows on the flag banners.

 Inside of card.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Flag or Banner

Die Cut Divas -  July challenge - Summer and Patriotism

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 222 -Anything Goes

DL. Art - July Linky Challenge - Anything goes

HIMCR - Ch. 205 Any Holiday

Thanks for your visits and comments!

It's Your Day

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Needing a birthday card, I checked out some of the shaped Cricut cards that are available in Cricut Design Space. I chose this card with the cupcake. I do own this cartridge but I have not used it very much--just like a lot more of my cartridges! Papers are from the scrap stash except for the white sheet of cardstock to cut the envelope!

Cricut Cartridges:

Wild Card 2 - Card is cut 7" high. Envelope is cut 10" wide from white cardstock. The sentiment Make A Wish is cut 1.75" high and is used inside the card.

Birthday Bash - Tag "It's Your Day" is cut 1.25" wide. The words are with the tag, but rather than cutting tiny letters, I used the write feature on the Cricut Explore and Pink Crystal pen.

Cuttlebug- Divine Swirls on the frosting.

Inside of card.

White mat for a personal message is hand cut 3" wide x 2 1/2" high. I cut an extra cupcake in pink to add on the mat. The cupcake shape is cut with the envelope.

Card and Envelope

Other supplies include DMC Memory Thread bow on the tag and White Gelly Roll pen for added highlights on the card.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Food Challenge

FCCB - Ch. 254 - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Neutrals or Anything Goes

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Birthday Cards

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing birthday cards made with the Cricut. I used K&Company double-sided papers for the above shaped card. 

Cricut Cartridges: 

Something to Celebrate - Card base is cut 8.5" wide.

Phrases- make a Wish is cut 3" wide. I am pleased with how well the Explore cuts these phrases at smaller sizes.

Tags, Bags, Boxes, More 2 - Happy Birthday with cake is cut at 3.50" wide. This is used inside of card.

I used pink Stickles inside the flower and a Gelly roll pen for the dashes around the sides of card.

Inside of card.

The second card is white cardstock and measures 5" x 6 1/2". Patterned papers are from DCWV Fresh Floral Stack. Solid papers are from my stash.

Cricut Cartridges:
Disney Pooh & Friends - Daisy Frame is cut 4.75" wide. I had no idea this cut was on that cartridge. Using the Explore and being able to see my purchased images brings to my attention there are so many images that I have never cut!
Wild Card - Happy Birthday is cut 2.25" high.
Birthday Bash - Have a Banner Year is cut 5"wide.

 Inside of card.

Thanks for your visits and comments! Hope you enjoy seeing these cards!

Day 6 - Valentine's Day Cards

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Another day of sharing cards made using the Cricut digital images Valentine's Day Cards. This is Cricut Valentine's Day 21. Using the Explore, the card was cut from white Colorbok cardstock at 5.5" h. You may recognize the background patterned paper. Yes, I had a piece of paper left over from a previous card project, so I thought it was a good liner for this card. I hand cut a small piece of pink paper and glued behind the cut outs of the flower. Some of these cards can be used for different purposes other than Valentines. I will need an anniversary card later this month and I will be using this card for that purpose.

 

Inside of card!

Cricut Sweethearts cartridge- Happy Anniversary cut at 3.75"wide.

Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge - Lots of Love image cut 3.50" height.

The cut outs hearts were the reverse cut of the card previously made with the designer paper.

Now for another Valentine card which I made for a grandson. My grandsons are not too much into hearts and Valentine images so I think this will work.

The above card is Cricut Valentine's Day 09. It is cut from We R Memory Keepers double-sided cardstock that I have had a long time. It is cut at 5.5" width. I really like the look of the blue washed paper.

 Inside of card!

Cricut Classic Font is used for the I heart you image.  I think this will be ok for a guy especially if there is money inside!

Hope you have been enjoying the Valentine's Day Cards that I have been sharing for the past few days! Thanks for stopping by!

 

My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 114.

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Today begins a new and fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Challenge 114 is What's the BUZZ! Our design team member Michelle asked us to make a Summer theme project with the colors of black, white, and yellow!  I believe this color combination may be a first for me!

My card measures 5" x 6 1/2 " cut from black Recollections cardstock. The two yellow patterned papers are from DCWV Fresh Floral Stack. White cardstock and the musical note papers are from my stash.

Cricut Cartridges:

Mother's Day Bouquet - Flower

Birthday Bash - Birthday wishes is cut 3.5".

Martha Stewart - Doily Lace trim

Yellow pearls are from stash.

Be sure to stop by My Sheri Crafts and see all the fun inspirational projects by the design team and our guest designer. To see more details on each project, please visit our individual blogs! Don't forget to leave us a little love!

Now it is your turn to play along with you. Several Ooh la la awards will be given and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer. We look forward to seeing your Summer theme projects using the colors of black, white, and yellow!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

My Sheri Crafts Ch. 82 - MSC Turns Two!

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Thanks for stopping by today! We have an exciting challenge for you at My Sheri Crafts. We are celebrating a birthday! Yes! My Sheri Crafts Turns 2! Happy Birthday! Time for fun and celebrating! Let's do fun birthday projects for toddlers or kids under 5. We want to see bright colors and fun projects--no elegant cards.  Sheri created a cute birthday button for the party! We would love for you to share it on your blog!

When I was thinking of what to do for this challenge, my thoughts turned to the fun Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge! This cartridge has a card feature with some great card shapes. I have not used this cartridge very often and I enjoyed playing with it for this card.

Using the Cricut Craft Room and the card feature on page 36, the card is cut at 5.25" from red cardstock. The word Birthday is part of the cut image. Finished size when folded is 5 1/2" width x 5 1/4" height. Card feature on shift gives the layer with the word bash. The polka dot paper is from a birthday kit. I layered a scrap of green glitter paper under the word opening.

The little monkey is the main image on page 36 and is cut at 2.875" x 2.75". He seems to be peeping from under the blindfold! Such  a cute cut! For a festive look, I decided to add a little hat. The hat is found on page 21 and is cut at 1 1/2". To add more fun to the monkey, it is attached to an Action Wobble.

Other supplies include inking and a white Gelly Roll pen used on the letters.

Now it is your turn to play along with us at My Sheri Crafts. Stop by the blog and see all the fun and festive projects that have been created by the talented design team and our guest designer Jessica at Cricut after Dark. We appreciate your comments and encourage you to become a follower if you are not already.  Remember several Ooh la la awards are given and one person will be chosen to be the next guest designer!

Hope you enjoy my fun and bright card! Happy Birthday My Sheri Crafts!

Make A Wish Birthday Card - Flower Shoppe

Welcome to Glenda's Cards and thank you for stopping by today!

My white card is 5" x 6 1/2' and is layered with a 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" patterned paper from ColorBok. I like the vintage look of the papers in this pack. Sometimes the paper is so pretty that it can stand alone, but I do enjoy adding Cricut cuts to make it more personal.

I am enjoying the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge. I thought I would check out You Tube to get more ideas and was pleased to see that Kimberly at My Craft Spot has some great videos sharing techniques of making flowers with the Flower Shoppe cartridge. To see her videos, look for Sentimental Scrapper.

I was inspired by the crumpled flower by Kimberly. I used Scallop 4 on page 13 and cut two of the images. I worked in the Cricut Craft Room--think the flower was 2.5 and 2.25. The center is Basic 4 on page 12 cut at 2.5. I get carried away in the CCR and forget to write down the actual sizes. I spritzed the cut papers with water, crumpled, and let dry. Edges are slightly inked. The layers are glued together and pop-dotted on the mat. This is my first try spraying water on a flower but I am pleased with the results of the flower. I will be making more!

Cricut Cartridges:

Flower Shoppe - Flower Scallop 4

Elegant Edges - Eyelet 3 page 68 --Oblong image cut at 3.00w x 3.861 h. It is embossed with the Cuttlebug Script folder. Small pearls are glued in the centers.

Birthday Bash -  Phrase "Make a Wish" on Page 52 cut 1.833w x .472h. I love the banner look on the paper and thought that was a great place for the sentiment!

Hope you enjoy my card!

Challenge:

Birthday Sundaes-- Birthday card with birthday sentiment on front

A Gator Party

My youngest grandson will be turning six soon and his mom surprised me by having an early birthday party. He is a big fan of Swamp People, a documentary television series on The History Channel. He enjoys watching the alligators and he decided to have a Swamp People theme for his party. I have been busy for the last few days working with gators!

My card was cut from blue Colorbok Textured cardstock at 9 x 8 inches for a tall card. When folded this will be 9" x 4" and will fit in a business size envelope. As you see, I turned my card. 

Cricut Birthday Bash is used on all cuts.

Alligator- page 28 cut 2 1/2". I used the Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles folder on the gator for a little dimension.

Hat - page 53 cut 2"; Balloon - page 67 cut 2 1/2"; 6 - page 26 cut 1/2".

It's Your Day - page 67. Oops, guess the gator ate the paper with that cut size!!

I hand cut the corners at the top of the card and used ziz zag scissors on one side. Inking, wiggle eyes, and a bit of doodling complete the card.

For treat bags, again I used Cricut Birthday Bash. The toppers are the Card/Tag feature and the alligator is the shift cut on the Card/Tag feature found on page 28. Both are cut at 2 1/2 inches. The alligator treat bags are the example shown in Birthday Bash at the beginning of the handbook. Again I embossed the alligator and added the eyes. I made 20 of these and used 5 different colors for the toppers - red, green, blue, white and khaki as shown. Also used different shades of green for the alligators. These were for 5 and 6 year olds and mostly boys so I did not decorate too elaborately. My daughter took all the bags before I could take a photo of the different colors.

Now this is my little cutie with his birthday cake! His mom was able to get the cake decorating kit from the History Channel store and she had his cake made. Cypress knees, cattails, alligators, and the boat with people are so cute! Everyone enjoyed the party and the cake was yummy, even if it had gators on it!!

Challenge:
Cooking with Cricut - #30 Celebration Project with at least one balloon. My card has one balloon!!
Decorate to Celebrate - Party Time

Hope you enjoy!

                                

Flaunt It Fridays #22 - Wrap It Up

Hello Bloggers and Hello Friday! It is time again for another fun challenge at Flaunt It Fridays! For this week's challenge we are using Cricut Wrap It Up cartridge and are flaunting the castle on page 24. I do not have that cartridge, but I found a cute castle on  page 22 on Life's A Party cartridge. The handbook shows the castle in red and purple---now is that my sign! I always need cards for friends in the Red Hat Society and we love being queens! I cut the castle using the card feature at 10 inches. This results in a large card with the finished size being 4 1/2 x 10 at the highest point. Every queen wants a large castle!!

Royal wishes which is found on page 56 on Birthday Bash is cut at 2 1/2 inches.

Cuttlebug folders: Moroccan Screen - door, Swiss dots on the red tower pieces.

I randomly placed the punched crowns. These cuts were given to me by a friend. To add bling, I added lots of Recollection gemstones. Inside the card, I used the phrase Happy Birthday from Birthday Bash cut at 4 inches.

Now it is your turn to flaunt the castle. If you do not have the cartridge, you may use a similar cut from another cartridge. For great inspiration from the talented members of the design team, please visit their blog listed on Flaunt It Fridays home page.

We are happy to have http://www.scrapbook.com/ as our sponsor for the May Grand Prize! It is a $20.00 gift certificate to their store. Wow! A shopping trip! To qualify for the grand prize, all you have to do is enter our challenges. The more challenges you enter, the more chances you have to win.

We look forward to seeing your paper projects- card, layouts or altered item, etc.

Hope you enjoy my card!

Flaunt It Fridays Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to Flaunt It Fridays Birthday Bash Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from talented Stacey of Stacey's Creative Corner, you are in the right place. If not and you would like to start at the beginning go directly to Flaunt It Fridays.

This week we are flaunting the little bunny with present on page 27 of the Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge.

For my project, I made a cute little Easter basket for a Red Hat Lady. I found a great tutorial at SplitCoastStampers.The base of the basket starts with one piece of 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" piece of cardstock. One piece of 1" x 11" piece of cardstock is needed for the basket handle. You will need one 1 1/2" x 15" of patterned paper to decorate the basket and one 7/8" x 11" of patterned paper to decorate the handle. See the tutorial for the complete directions! I used the Martha Stewart doily lace edge punch on a piece of the purple paper and glued it around the top edges of the basket. To secure the handles of the basket, I used Red Hat Society brads. The little bunny is cut at 2 3/4 inches using a lavender piece of K&Company Designer Mat Pad. I used an Action Wobble on the bunny and placed it on the basket. It is so cute when it wobbles. Here is a close up view of the Wobble and my cute little brad.

For my second project, I chose to make a card to go along with the basket.

These projects are my first time to use the Birthday Bash cartridge. I was pleasantly surprised to see a cut for a crown! This is the card/tag cut on page 47 and is cut at 5 3/4 inches. For the remaining cuts, I used the Layer 1 and Layer 2 on page 56 cut at 6 inches. First I tried 5 3/4" (same as card size) but it was too small, so I used a size larger. I trimmed off a bit of the red check paper for a better fit. Hmm, guess I need to learn to use a Gyspy! Of course, Red Hat Ladies like bling! I added little red hearts which was a Valentine clearance, Recollections gemstones, and Diamond Stickles. For the inside of the card, I used the phrase feature on page 56 to cut Royal Wishes at 3 inches. "For you" phrase is found on page 34 and is cut at 2 1/4 inches. This is photo of the inside of the card. I hope you enjoy my projects! 

Now for a little blog candy! I have a package of Special Moments scrapbook stickers, a package of Miss Elizabeths Scrapbook Embellishments-Travel theme, and 5 mats that I have embossed with some of my favorite Cuttlebug folders.

To be entered in the drawing for my blog candy, you must leave a comment on this post. Please leave a way to contact you if you are my winner. USA or Canada mailing address only due to cost of postage. You do not have to be a follower, but if you enjoy my work and would like to be a follower, I would appreciate that!

The hop will stay open all weekend. I know the talented ladies have some great projects to share with you. I will announce my winner of the blog candy on Monday!

We invite you to play along with the challenge by entering a project using the bunny/present. If you do not have Birthday Bash, you can use a similar cut from another cartridge!

Just a reminder, Peachy Keen Stamps is sponsoring the Grand Prize giveaway which is Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Assortment. Now we all love Peachy Keen Stamps! To be entered in that giveaway, you must leave a comment of each of the blogs in the blog hop.Next on your stop is the talented design team member Sharon at MeeMee's Creations. I know she has wonderful projects to share with you. Below is a list of all the participants in the blog hop.

1. Flaunt It Friday's http://www.flauntitfridays.blogspot.com/

2. Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

3. Lisa http://www.crop-and-create.blogspot.com/

4. Sheandra http://www.lawyersscraptoo.blogspot.com/

5. Pam http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/

6. Stacey http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

7. Glenda http://glendascards.blogspot.com/    That's Me

8. Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/

9. Amanda http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/

10. Celeste http://ccscards.blogspot.com/

11. Carley http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/

12. Jenny K http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/

13. Laurel http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/

14. Corri http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

15. Monica http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/